George Quaade
George Joachim Quaade (born August 30, 1813 in Helsingør , † April 7, 1889 in Copenhagen ) was a Danish diplomat and foreign minister .
Life
Quaade was the son of Major General Peter Friderich Quaade (1779-1830). In 1831 he took up law studies and made his state examination in 1836. In 1838 he became registrar in the Department of Foreign Affairs, in 1840 court squire, in 1842 chamber squire. On December 15, 1847, he was appointed interim legation secretary to Berlin, but when war broke out he was appointed expedition secretary. On March 31, 1860, he was appointed Minister Resident in The Hague and Brussels , but moved to Berlin on October 19. On January 8, 1864, he joined the Monrad cabinet as Foreign Minister. When the Bluhme II cabinet took over on July 11, 1864, Quaade became a minister without portfolio. When an armistice was negotiated in England after heavy Danish losses in the German-Danish War , Quaade rejected the British idea of a referendum in Schleswig on the grounds that this was against his "instructions". This led to new hostilities and Prussia and Austria occupied all of Schleswig. Quaade was later sent to the peace negotiations in Vienna . After the peace negotiations were concluded, he was accredited in Berlin on May 13, 1865 and thus gave up his ministerial post. In 1884 he took his leave.
Quaade was married to Baroness Caroline Amalie Selby (1824–1864) since 1851, and from 1863 to her twin sister, who lived as a widow in Copenhagen. He was the bearer of the Grand Cross of the Dannebrog Order .
literature
- Helge Larsen: George Quaade . In: Dansk biografisk leksikon , 3rd edition, 1979–1984.
- Mads Qvortrup: Referendums and Ethnic Conflict , 2014.
- Quaade, George Joachim . In: Christian Blangstrup (Ed.): Salmonsens Konversationsleksikon . 2nd Edition. tape 19 : Perlite rendehest . JH Schultz Forlag, Copenhagen 1925, p. 772 (Danish, runeberg.org ).
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Endnotes
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quaade, George |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Quaade, George Joachim (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Danish diplomat and foreign minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 30, 1813 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Elsinore |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 7, 1889 |
| Place of death | Copenhagen |